Malaria risk assessment and preventive recommendations: A new approach for the Canadian military

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1250-1253

  Schofield, Steve ^a   Tepper, Martin ^a   Tuck, Jeremy J H ^b  

^a Canadian Forces Health Services Group Headquarters   (Canada)

^b MINISTRY OF DEFENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 37249058883     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.12.1250     Document Type: Article

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